The Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development (Japanese: ??? ??????, Hepburn: Nintend? J?h? Kaihatsu Honbu, lit. Nintendo Information Development Division) (or Nintendo EAD) division, formerly Nintendo Research & Development 4 (or Nintendo R&D4), is the largest division inside Nintendo. It was preceded by the Creative Department (????????, Kurieitibu Ka), a team of designers with an art background responsible for many different tasks, to which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged. Both developers currently serve as managers of the EAD studios and are credited in each game developed by the division, with varying degrees of involvement. EAD is best known for its work on games in the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, F-Zero, Star Fox, and Pikmin franchises.
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